EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2256, 16 September 1914, Page 5

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

"GOD SAVE BELGIUMI'* • REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON ''-- London;, September-14. ( There was an enthusiastic scene outside Westminster Catholic Cathedral on. Sunday afternoon, when' Cardinal Merrier, Archbishop of Mechlin, Belgium,, blessed a procession of fifty thousand London Irishmen and Irihstvomen. His Eminence stood between- Mr. John Bed-: mond and Mr. T. P. O'Connor. After the blessing ho raised his band and cried, "God save Ireland I" This was the signal for fresh cheering. The crowd shouted, "God save Belgium I" TO BE SHELVED TILL WAR ENDS. " HOME RULE AND WELSH CHURQH' BILLS. r London, September 14. , Mr. 'Asquith, in. reply to 'a question iu the House- of Commons, said he • hoped to'see Parliament prorogue this week. Ho will introduce a Bill tomorrow which will provide that no steps • shall be taken with the' Home Rule and ■, Welsh Bills for a year, at any event, ■ and if the war is not terminated by then, extending the period until a fur- r ther date fixed by.Order-in-Council, but. ; no later than the end of the war. ' ; - . BILLS TO GO ON THE STATUTE ''"•"' BOOK. (Rec. September 15, 10 p.m;) London, September 14. "Mr. Asquith explained that he pro-.. - pesod to put the Irish and Welsh Bills on tho Statute Book, .but to-morrow's .' Bill would defer the Act's operation. He promised a fullor statement to- ';■. "morrow. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. ' SIGNS OF BEING REOPENED. \ (Rec. September 15, 10 p.m.) : ,London, September Tho London Stock Exchange Committee has acceded to the Consol market's lequest to issuo an abbreviated official list of the quotations for trustee securities. This is taken as being the first step towards the. reopening of'the Stock 'Exchange. " ' FAMINE IN GERMANY. .'VEGGS ATIID. EACH. "' Rome, September'l4. Terrible stories aro published of• famino in Germany. The Government has taken all the vast accumulation'of food at Hamburg for the troops.; Factories are closed and traffic has ceased. Fif-» teen hundred ships lie idle in the harbour. Eggs cost tcn'marks'.a dozen. . FRENCH PARLIAMENT AT BORDEAUX. AL FRESCO CHAMBER :OF ' \ DEPUTIES. 1 MAKESHIFT PARLIAMENT: (Rec.' September 15, 5.50 p.m.), ... , ~ ■•' Paris; September'l4. Tlio Alhambra Music Hall' in, ■ Bor-> deaux has been fitted up as the Chamber of Deputies and the Apollo Theatre for the Senators. The Parliamentary, tribune is erected in front of_ the . prompter's box, and ''Hansard'.' is established in the. orchestra.—("Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services.) •PRESS APPEAL FOR FUNDS. - ! Antwerp, 'September 14. -The German press appeals to the pub- _. lie to. subscribe fifty million sterling towards ah unlimited war loan, declaring ' that "the victories our glorious army have already won justify the hope, as in ■•;., 1870, that expenses and burdens of this • war will fall upon those who have dis- . turbed the peace of the German Empire." ■ ' . '.' "MADE IN SWITZERLAND!" , London, September 14. ■ The "Times'' exposes a scheme of ', German manufacturers to continue trade • with Britain, by selling gcods marked' "Made in Switzerland," FOR MISSING TRAVELLERS."; AUSTRALASIAN OFFICES IN LON-' DON BESIEGED. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, September 13. Inquiries for missing travellers are pouring into tho Australasian offices in, London and on .tho Continent, but there is such a flood of inquirers that there t is tho greatest difficulty in obtaining-' news. '•■.'"■.'■ Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) and Mr. T. W. Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zea- ; land) state that the travellers are safe, , they aro not starving, but perhaps suf- ', fering slight discomfort. They recom-~. mend relatives to sit tight and not ' worry.

[/^.//i,///.// /various items, \':-y> PATRIOTIC DUTCHMEN. ■>, -//■■ '.;■ ■■•■■'' The Hague, September 14. ...■■'•/ -. ■ ,'■ Six of the richest men of Holland havo ■';. offered Queen Wilhelmina one-tenth, .of ■ ■'. ;.'.: their.'fortunes to pay the cost of mobilfy,:'isationV'■*::.{■;.. ,'• J/ ,/; ;i' BILLIARD PLAYER'S OFFER.; : ; ./'-':V ■ '/'•/". : /London, September 14. ..Gray, the Australian billiard player, . , will play twelve games, each of 500 up, y'-. with Stevenson, m aid of the Prince of .:,: .Wales's-Fund., HOSPITAL SHIP.' ;/ ■■■' ■:'''' / ': V New York, September 14.' / •'"•/:/"■'.-The';steamer Red Cross,' with hos- : •■ pitals ior/the; benefit of all the armies p/ .engaged.in : the war has sailed for. V'; ; . .mouth.'".' /. t ■■■■'■ I'/■■: t./ TOO PREJIATURE.' "\. ? . >';:' /London, September. 13. [■?: y':> ''A' Breslau.merchant, .anticipating an • offered thirty thbui;:'v,' 'sand marks to the first German soldier i.'.-.l .landing !in-< Great i Britain'. I—(''Times"1—(''Times" [ .-//.And- Sydney -'-"Sun" Services.)'■ /